The aim of the study is to develop an eco-innovative technology for placing planted stands and plantations in a forest massif and managing them without leaving a negative impact on biological diversity.
The bioeconomy concept envisages the gradual replacement of fossil resources with biological and renewable resources, as well as the ever-widening implementation of circular economy principles. To realize this, a local raw material base is needed, i.e. wood.
Main activities of study:
- Comparative analysis of long-term unmanaged and human-impacted landscape metrics – creating solutions for the placement of plantations that maintain the diversity of the forest landscape (β diversity);
- Assessment of neutral genetic diversity – developing solutions for plantation placement that do not reduce species genetic diversity in the forest landscape in the long term;
- The impact of stands mixture on the likelihood of large-scale forest fire ignitions-creating a solution for risk mitigation;
- The impact of stands mixture on trunk bark damage and the economic value of tree stands – creating a solution for risk mitigation.